Mattia Pasini proved he is the king of qualifying by securing his seventh pole position of the season in qualifying for the 125cc Portuguese Grand Prix.The 21-year-old Italian, who had been fastest on Friday, was trailing Lukas Pesek with a minute of the session remaining, but just edged his rival in the final minute of the session.
But the Polaris World Aprilia rider was not finished there either and went round even quicker on his final tour to end up with a best time of 1:44.675 and claim his eighth career pole.
Czech rider Pesek will start second on his Seedorf Derbi with the Aprilias of Simone Corsi and Gabor Talmacsi completing the front row.
Corsi, on a Skilled Racing bike, was impressive as demoted the championship leading Aspar man to fourth late in the session.
Fifth, and equalling the best grid spot of his career, was German rider Sandro Cortese on his Caffe Latte Aprilia while Sergio Gadea led a trio of Spaniards behind him on his Aspar bike.
The trio was completed by Pol Espargaro's Campetella Aprilia and title contender Hector Faubel's Aspar machine.
Stefan Bradl equalled his career-best grid spot in ninth for Blusens Aprilia while Joan Olive ensured that Polaris World book-ended the top ten.
Britain's Bradley Smith improved from 19th overnight to 15th on his Repsol Honda, but Danny Webb slipped back from 27th to 29th on his De Graaf Honda.
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